What Was 2017’s Album of the Year? UCR Fan Choice Awards

Classic rock's biggest stars teamed up to release a strong, diverse abundance of new studio efforts in 2017 - making your job as judge in the Album of the Year category of our Ultimate Classic Rock Fan Choice Awards a rather difficult one.

As a result of this unusually overflowing bounty, we expanded our pool beyond the 20 candidates of last year. If you need help making a decision - or just want to make sure you're up to date on more of the worthy titles that came out this year - we've also included our own year-end 2017 Albums of the Year rankings below.

If you really want to make sure your favorite album wins - or if you want to split your votes to support multiple artists - you can keep coming back every hour to cast your ballot again and again. Voting for each of the 2017 Ultimate Classic Rock Fan Choice Awards categories ends on Jan. 2, 2018, at 11:59PM ET. As always, the winner will be decided solely by reader’s votes.